Lisa Daily (How to Date Like a Grown-Up) will sign her book at a launch party at 7 p.m. Saturday at Sarasota News & Books, 1341 Main St.

Events

James Reese (The Dracula Dossier) will appear at a luncheon and Q&A at 3 p.m. today at the Studio@620, 620 First Ave. S, St. Petersburg. Reese will be interviewed by Times book editor Colette Bancroft. For reservations, call (727) 895-6620.

Jill Conner Browne (American Thighs: The Sweet Potato Queens' Guide to Preserving Your Assets) will appear at a benefit for the Friends of Selby Library at 6 p.m. today at the library, 1331 First St., Sarasota. Tickets are $50 and include a signed book and catered reception. Call (941) 365-6332.

As part of the Pen Is Mightier literary series, St. Petersburg Times copy editor Ian Vasquez (In the Heat) will conduct a writing workshop at 3 p.m. and discuss his novel at 7 Saturday at the Studio@620, 620 First Ave. S, St. Petersburg.

To place an item in Book Talk, send author's name, book title, appearance time, date, venue name and address, admission cost (if any) and a contact phone number to cbancroft@sptimes.com or Colette Bancroft, St. Petersburg Times, 490 First Ave. S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701. The deadline is 14 days before publication.